Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Rajinikanth, singer Kailash Kher and business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani were among the prominent attendees at the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Council of Ministers on Sunday.
Modi was sworn in as prime minister for a record-equalling third term on Sunday, heading the 72-member Union Council of Ministers in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.
Among the top industrialists who attended the swearing-in ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan were Mukesh Ambani along with his sons – Anant and Akash – and son-in-law Anand Piramal and Gautam Adani was accompanied by his wife Priti and brother. Rajesh Adani.
Actors Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon, Anupam Kher and Vikrant Massey were also present on the occasion.
Nearly 8,000 people packed the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan when Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday night.
Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and his wife were also present. Former President Ram Nath Kovind also attended the event.
The ceremony was also attended by many seers, including spiritual leader Swami Rambhadracharya.
Kovind was seen greeting and interacting with Swami Rambhadracharya.
Modi equaled the feat of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who won general elections in 1952, 1957 and 1962.
Apart from him, 30 cabinet ministers and five ministers of state with independent leadership and members of his council of ministers were sworn in.
Kher was harassed by several fans as soon as he left the Rashtrapati Bhavan premises.
“People have given him the opportunity to serve the country as prime minister for the third time. He is the leader of the country,” he told reporters, singing ‘Jay Jaykara…’.
